The Moment Plate Design Settings window ( Job Settings )
| Settings on this window are read-only . They tell you how this window has been set up for this Job in a full-featured SDS2 program . |
Also see :
- Connection design (selections made here are applied during)
- Moment connections (most selections on this window apply to)
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To open Plate Design Settings :
Method 1 : Home > Project Settings > Job > Design > Moment Plate Design Settings .
Methods 2, 3 & 4 : In Modeling or the Drawing Editor , choose Settings > Job Settings > Moment Plate Design Settings (classic), or use a keyboard shortcut , or click the icon.
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Corner operation for flange stiffeners: Cope or Clip . This applies to moment flange plates (for welded and bolted moment connections to a column web) and to column flange stiffeners (for welded and bolted moment connections to a column flange).
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' Cope '
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' Clip '
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' Cope '
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' Clip '
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' Cope ' cuts a 90 degree cope where the two corners of the moment flange plate or stiffener plate frame to the supporting column web. These corner copes are made so that the plate clears the column's corner fillet radii.
' Clip ' puts a single, 45 degree cut at each of the corners of the framing edge of the plate. As do corner copes, these corner clips ensure that the plate clears the k distance of the supporting column.
Corner operation for moment flange plates and column flange stiffeners sized by: Total length or Dimension added to corner fillet radius .
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' Total length ' sizes the cope or clip only if the resulting cut is long enough to clear the k distance . This means, for example, that the default entry of 1/2 inch (or 20 mm) will never be applied to typical column section sizes -- the actual, designed cut will be longer.
' Dimension added to corner fillet radius ' applies to the sizing of the cope or clip only if the value entered is larger than ' 0 ' (zero).
Total stiffener clearance: A distance (in the primary dimension " Units " or other units ). The clearance at each end of a stiffener is 1/2 of the "total clearance" that is entered here. ' 0 ' makes the stiffener flush to the surface. This applies to welded moment stiffener plates (flange plates for welded moments to a column web) and to column " Stiffeners " for beam moment connections (continuity plates).
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A welded moment connection to a column web . The clearance at each end of the stiffener is 1/2 of the " Total stiffener clearance " that is entered here, in setup. |
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A welded moment connection to a column flange . The clearance shown in this example is 1/2 of the " Total stiffener clearance ." |
Also see: " Total stiffener clearance " on the Plate Design Settings window provides similar control of clearances on non-moment stiffeners.
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| || To Column Flange || To Column Web || To HSS Column || Back-up Bars on Welded Connections || |
| Also see: Column web doublers are designed by a full-featured SDS2 program when the box for " Design for doublers " is checked under " Moment " options on the Beam Review window. |
Minimum doubler plate thickness: A distance (in the primary dimension " Units " or in other units ).
Effect on a full-featured SDS2 program: Connection design in a full-featured SDS2 program will create doubler plates as thick or thicker than the minimum thickness shown here based on analyzing the amount of web shear applied by beams with moment connections framing into column flanges.
Doubler plate extension above top flange of beam: A positive or negative (-) distance (in the primary dimension " Units " or in other units ).
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en = distance the doubler plate is extended above the top flange of the beam. |
A ' positive distance ' instructs connection design in a full-featured SDS2 program to create a doubler plate that extends that distance above the top flange of the beam.
A ' negative (-) distance ' instructs connection design to drop the doubler plate that distance below the top flange of the beam.
Doubler plate extension below bottom flange of beam: A positive or negative (-) distance (in the primary dimension " Units " or in other units ).
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eb = distance the doubler plate is extended below the bottom flange of the beam. |
A ' positive distance ' instructs connection design in a full-featured SDS2 program to create the doubler plate so that it extends that distance below the bottom flange of the beam.
A ' negative (-) distance ' instructs connection design to raise the doubler plate that amount above the bottom of the bottom flange.
Doubler plate side on column web: Both or NS or FS . A single doubler plate (' NS ' or ' FS ') may be as thick as the combined thicknesses of doubler plates on both sides of the web. This applies when " Column web doubler side " is set to ' Automatic ' on the Beam Review window.
' Both '
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' NS ' (near side)
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' FS ' (far side)
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Allow doubler plate to infringe on column K dimension: 
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If the box is not checked (
Maximum doubler plate K infringement: The value set here in a full-featured SDS2 program controls the maximum distance the doubler plate is allowed to infringe on the column K dimension. This setting is enabled when the " Allow doubler plate to infringe on column k dimension " setting is checked ( ) and disabled when it is not checked ( ).
Doubler plate weld groove angle: The value set here in a full-featured SDS2 program controls the degree of angle which the vertical edges of the column web doubler plate are beveled when required. The vertical edges of the plate are beveled and a bevel groove weld is applied when the plate thickness is 3/8" (10mm) or greater. The vertical edges of the plate are not be beveled and a square groove weld is applied when the plate thickness is less than 3/8" (10mm). Also see " Doubler plate weld root face dimension ".
Doubler plate weld root face dimension: The value set here in a full-featured SDS2 program controls the root face of the vertical edges of the column web doubler plate when beveled edges are required. This only applies when the doubler plate thickness is 3/8" (10mm) or greater. Also see " Doubler plate weld groove angle ".
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------ Flange stiffeners ------
Design depth: As needed or When needed use full depth or Use full depth at all connections . This applies to beam moment connection to a W column flange or S shape column flange when the box for " Design for stiffeners " is turned on (checked) under " 
Moment " options on the Beam Review window.
' As needed '
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' Full depth '
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' As needed ' lets connection design determine, based on the moment, whether full-depth, half-depth or no stiffeners are needed.
' When needed use full depth ' also lets connection design determine whether stiffeners are needed. If stiffeners are needed, they will be full depth.
' Use full depth at all connections ' instructs connection design to create full-depth stiffeners whenever the box for " Design for stiffeners " is turned on (checked) under "
Determine plate thickness by: Increasing beam flange or flange plate thickness by percentage or Increasing beam flange or flange plate thickness by dimension or Design as needed .
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The first two options for this field set the thickness of flange stiffeners ( ts ) to be either a percentage increase, or a dimension, added to the beam's flange thickness ( tf ). The connection may be a welded moment connection (shown) or a bolted moment connection (not shown). " Design for stiffeners " must be turned on for such stiffeners (continuity plates) to be designed. |
' Increasing beam flange or flange plate thickness by percentage ' instructs connection design in a full-featured SDS2 program to calculate the thickness of the stiffener plate ( ts ) by multiplying the percentage that is entered here ( % ) by the beam's flange thickness ( tf ) and then adding that result to the beam's flange thickness ( tf ). Thus ts = tf + (% * tf) . For a beam flange thickness of 1 inch and a percentage of 25, this would result in 1 1/4 inch thick stiffener plates.
' Increasing beam flange or flange plate thickness by dimension ' instructs connection design in a full-featured SDS2 program to calculate the thickness of the stiffener plate ( ts ) by adding the distance entered here ( dim ) to the beam's flange thickness ( tf ). Thus ts = tf + dim . For a beam flange thickness of 1 inch and a distance of 1/4, this would result in 1 1/4 inch thick stiffener plates.
' Design as needed ' instructs connection design in a full-featured SDS2 program to calculate the thickness of the stiffener plate ( ts ) by evaluating how thick the stiffeners need to be to stand up to the " Moment load ."
Also see: The " Column Stiffeners " tab on the Plates setup window sets the " Plate material grade " and lists the plate thicknesses that are available.
Add additional stiffeners at compressive beam flange if haunch is designed: or . Under Construction.
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------ Morris stiffeners ------
Minimum morris stiffener thickness: Under Construction.
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Design: 
As needed or For all moment end plates . This applies when the " Connection design method " is ' EUROCODE 3 ' or ' EUROCODE 3 UK ', the " Section size " of a beam is a wide flange and the " Input connection type " is ' End plate ' or ' User defined ." and the " Moment type " is ' Bolted '.
' As needed ' permits connection design in a full-featured SDS2 program to design haunches in place of top and/or bottom moment end plate flange stiffeners on an as-needed basis.
' For all moment end plates ' instructs connection design in a full-featured SDS2 program to always design haunches in place of top and/or bottom moment end plate flange stiffeners.
Connection design locks: Top / Bottom Moment Haunch Stiffener , Moment Stiffeners .
Default haunch location: Top or Bottom or Both . This applies to beam-to-column framing situations when the " Connection design method " is ' EUROCODE 3 ' or ' EUROCODE 3 UK ', the " Section size " of the beam is flanged shape such as wide flange , the " Input connection type " is ' End plate ' or ' User defined, " the " Moment type " is ' Bolted ," and the " Haunch location " is ' Auto '.
In a full-featured SDS2 program when " Haunch location " is ' Auto ' . . .
' Top ' designs a haunch for the top flange of the beam.
' Bottom ' designs a haunch for the bottom flange of the beam.
' Both ' designs two haunches, one for the beam's top flange, the other for the beam's bottom flange.
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| || To Column Flange || To Column Web || To HSS Column || Back-up Bars on Welded Connections || |
Determine welded moment flange stiffener thickness by increasing beam flange thickness by: Percentage of flange or Dimension . This sets the method that connection design uses to determine the thickness of a welded moment plate for a beam to column web moment connection.
If ' Percentage of flange ' is selected and a percentage entered, connection design creates welded moment flange plates that are the beam flange thickness plus the percentage of the flange thickness that is shown here.
If ' Dimension ' is selected and a distance entered, connection design creates welded moment flange plates that are the beam flange thickness plus the distance that is shown here.
Note: Beam flange thickness is defined independently for each section size in the local shape file .
Plate extension for welded moment to column web: The distance (in the primary dimension " Units " or in other units ) that moment flange plates designed using this criteria extend past the flanges of the column.
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x = the distance the welded moment plate extends beyond the flanges of the column. |
Tapering: Connection design is able to generate a welded moment column web plate that is tapered if the " Plate extension ... " ( x in the above illustration) is greater than 2.5 inches and the flanges of the supported beam are sufficiently narrow. If the width of the beam flange requires a " Taper width " ( tw ) that is greater than the overall plate width ( pw ) minus 1.5 inches ( tw > pw - 1.5 inch ), connection design generates the plate without a taper.
Top flange moment stiffener location in column web: Flush top or Centered or Flush bottom .
' Flush top ' ' Centered ' ' Flush bottom ' ' Flush top ' instructs connection design to place the top surface of the top stiffener in the same plane as the top flange of the beam.
' Centered ' centers the top surface of the top stiffener with respect to the bottom flange of the beam.
' Flush bottom ' places the bottom surface of the top stiffener in the same plane as the bottom surface of the top flange of the beam.
Bottom flange moment stiffener location in column web: Flush top or Centered or Flush bottom . This applies in a full-featured SDS2 program when ' Welded ' is selected as the " Moment type " on a wide flange beam framing perpendicular to a wide flange column web.
' Flush top ' instructs connection design to create the bottom stiffener so that its top surface is in the same plane as the inside surface of the bottom flange of the beam.
' Centered ' instructs connection design to create the bottom stiffener to be centered with respect to the bottom flange of the beam.
' Flush bottom ' instructs connection design to create the bottom stiffener so that its bottom surface is in the same plane as the outside surface of the bottom flange of the beam.
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| || To Column Flange || To Column Web || To HSS Column || Back-up Bars on Welded Connections || |
Wrap flange plates around column: or . Under Construction.
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------ Solids and Detailing Options ------
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Material type: Flat Bars or Plates . This applies to welded moment connections. Such connections are designed when the " Moment type " is set to ' Welded '. A back-up bar may be created for such a connection when " Create solids for back-up bars in modeling " is on. Regardless of the choice made here, connection design will look to the Back-up Bar Schedule to determine the size of back-up bar that is required.
' Flat Bars ' instructs the program to validate the Back-up Bar Schedule to ensure that all " Dimensions " entries made to it correspond to entries made to the miscellaneous Preferrred Flat Bar Sizes list. This ensures that only flat bars will be used as back-up bars for welded moment connections.
' Plates ' instructs the program to allow " Dimensions " entries to the Back-up Bar Schedule to not match entries made to the miscellaneous Preferrred Flat Bar Sizes list. Plate material will be used for the welded moment connection back-up bar whenever the program cannot find a matching flat bar on the Preferrred Flat Bar Sizes list.
Material grade: A36 or A572-42 or etc. This sets the steel grade that will be applied to the back-up bar for a welded moment connection. Such connections may be designed when the " Moment type " is set to ' Welded '. Back-up bars are included with welded moment connections when " Create solids for back-up bars in modeling " is on.
Effect on the model: If "
Available material grades for plates and flat bars: Cells under the " ASD/LRFD/CISC " tabs for Plate Grades and Flat Bar Grades are filled out with the same material grades. This means that, so long as the " Connection design method " is ' ASD13 ' or ' LRFD13 ' or ' CISC8 ' or ' CISC9 ' or ' ASD9 ' or ' LRFD3 ' or ' ASD14 ' or ' LRFD14 ' ' or ' CISC10 ', the steel grades that are listed here will be the same as those listed on the Plate Grades and Flat Bar Grades setup windows.
Create solids for back-up bars in modeling: or .
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Create solids for seismic connections: or .
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Bill of Material and Detailing Options: Show as total linear feet or Show in BOM as quantity by length or Do not show in BOM . This applies in a full-featured SDS2 program during auto detailing of beams with welded moment connections. Back-up bars need to exist in the model in order to get them in the bill of material. In order to get back-up bars in the model, " Create solids for back-up bars in modeling " needs to have been on during Create Solids .
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Show in BOM as quantity by length |
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' Show as total linear feet ' results in the two back-up bars for each beam with a welded moment connection being reported as having a " Unit Quantity " of 1. The " Length " reported will be the combined length of the two back-up bars. The annotation " LIN FT " (' Imperial ') will be added to the " Remarks " column.
' Show in BOM as quantity by length ' results in the two back-up bars for each beam with a welded moment connection being reported as having a " Unit Quantity " of 2. The " Length " reported will be the actual length of one back-up bar. The " Minor Mark " of the two back-up bars will be listed.
' Do not show in BOM ' results in back-up bars not being shown in the member bill of material.
------ Back-up Bar Schedule (columns on) ------
(sets the back-up bar size)
Min. Connection Width (included): The width (in the primary dimension " Units " or other units ) that the welded moment connection must be equal to or greater than in order for a full-featured SDS2 program to generate the back-up bar specified on this line.
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| A welded moment connection with a connection width of exactly 4 1/2 inches would get the back-up bar specified on line 2 since 4 1/2 is excluded from line 1 but included for line 2. |
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In this example, the field welded moment connection frames perpendicular to a column web, and the connection width is therefore equal to the W section's flange width (bf) . For a skewed connection, the connection width would be greater than the beam's flange width since the W section's flange would be cut at an angle instead of square. |
Max Connection Width (excluded): The width (in the primary dimension " Units " or other units ) that the welded moment connection must be less than in order to get the back-up bar specified on this line.
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The connection width in this example is exactly equal to the length of the field weld along the beam's top flange. |
Length: The length (in the primary dimension " Units " or other units ) that the back-up bar will be in the model when " Create solids for back-up bars in modeling " is turned on in a full-featured SDS2 program .
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The field weld for the back-up bar is not shown in this example since the display of " Welds " are turned off in Display Options .
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This is the " Material length " of a flat bar. It is the " Order length " or " Part length " for a rectangular plate.
Dimensions (Thickness x Width): The thickness x width of the back-up bar (flat bar or plate).
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The thickness of a back-up bar corresponds to the " Material thickness " of a flat bar. Its width corresponds to the flat bar's " Material width ." If a rectangular plate is used instead of a flat bar, then these dimensions correspond to the plate's " Material thickness " and " Material width ." |
A flat bar from the miscellaneous Preferrred Flat Bar Sizes list will be used for the back-up bar if the " Dimensions " entered here match an entry made to the Preferred Flat Bar Sizes list. If the " Material type " is ' Plates ', it is possible that there will be no match; in which case, the program will use rectangular plate material.
Description: The section size of the flat bar or plate material.
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| For this example, '1/2x1' was entered as the " Dimensions (Thickness x Width) " for lines 4 and 5. Since the " Material type " was set to ' Plates ' and no FL1/2x1 entry had been made to the miscellaneous Preferrred Flat Bar Sizes list, the program automatically entered PL1/2x1 as the " Description " for lines 4 and 5. |
In a full-featured SDS2 program , when the welded moment connection back-up bar is generated, the section size entered here will be filled out as the " Description " of the material on that material's General Information window. If " Bill of Material and Detailing Options " is set to show the back-up bar in the member bill of material, then auto detailing of beams with welded moment connections that have back-up bars applies the entry made here as the " Description " of the material on the member bill of material.
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